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How a Hong Kong app connects cancer patients with nurses, trusted advice

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How a Hong Kong app connects cancer patients with nurses, trusted advice After helping 76,000 patients, HKU’s SUPPORT+ is seeking fresh funding to help cancer patients manage their symptoms at home Hongkonger Susan Tam, 70, used to wake in the middle of the…

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How a Hong Kong app connects cancer patients with nurses, trusted advice After helping 76,000 patients, HKU’s SUPPORT+ is seeking fresh funding to help cancer patients manage their symptoms at home Hongkonger Susan Tam, 70, used to wake in the middle of the…

Why it matters

Tam, diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago, tried applying regular moisturiser to soothe severe skin rashes, but in vain.

Common ground

She also used aqueous cream, a staple from her time working in a care home for the elderly, and even turned to hot water to numb the irritation, only to find it further inflamed her condition.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3355421/how-hong-…

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Claim 1: “Hongkonger Susan Tam, 70, diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago”
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The provided evidence contains general information about the name 'Susan', Hong Kong pop music, and unrelated films/lists. There is no mention of a 70-year-old individual named Susan Tam diagnosed with lung cancer in any of the search or Wikipedia results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong English pop (Chinese: 英文歌) is a genre of music consisting of English-language songs that are made, performed and popularised in Hong Kong. It is known as simply English pop by Hong Kongers. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of members of the Election Committee elected in the 2016 Election Committee subsector elections. It serves from 2017 to 2021 and is responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hon…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Made in Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港製造) is a 1997 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Fruit Chan, produced by Andy Lau, and starring Sam Lee, Yim Hui-Chi, Wenders Li, and Tam Ka-Chuen. It won the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Hong_Kong_(film)
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Claim 2: “After helping 76,000 patients, HKU’s SUPPORT+ is seeking fresh funding to help cancer patients manage their symptoms at home”
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The claim is explicitly stated in one web search result ('How a Hong Kong app connects cancer patients with nurses, trusted...'), but no other independent news sources or authoritative references corroborate the specific figure of 76,000 patients or the funding request.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) is a private post-secondary education institution in Hong Kong. The school is a private subsidiary of the public…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Peter William Mathieson (Chinese: 馬斐森; born 18 April 1959) is an English nephrologist and current principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. Previously, he served as the vice-ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mathieson_(nephrologist)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong
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